Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology

Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology
Motto Truth, Discipline & Excellence
Type Private
Established 2006
Principal Susanta Kumar Dutta
Director G.C. Kakoti
Academic staff
 100 (approximately)
Undergraduates 1320[1]
Postgraduates 180[1]
Location Guwahati, Assam, India
Campus Suburban, 5 acres
Acronym GIMT
Website www.gimt-guwahati.ac.in

Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT) is an institute offering degree level technical courses in the State of Assam in the non-government sector established by Shrimanta Shankar Academy (SSA) Society. The college was established with permission from the state government and approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and is affiliated to Assam Science and Technology University.

Affiliation

It is affiliated to Assam Science and Technology University.[2] All the undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering courses as well as Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application programmes are recognized by the AICTE.

Campus and geography

GIMT is located at Hathkhowapara, Azara, Guwahati on the National Highway No.37 5 km to the east of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and 15 km to the west of Guwahati Railway Station and 4 km to the north of Azara Railway Station.

Hostels

The Institute has a Girls' Hostel inside its premises. Although there are limited hostel facilities available for girls and boys near the college campus, but the outsider students stay in private hostels and rented houses of places such as Lankeshwar, Hathkhowapara, Azara Godhuli Bazar, Dharapur.

Academics

The GIMT undergraduate program is for Bachelor of Engineering. It offers postgraduate level programs like Master of Engineering, Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application.

Departments and cells

Departments

To deal with the laboratory and practical components of the syllabi, the institute has 23 departmental laboratories.[3]

Undergraduate departments

Postgraduate departments

Supporting departments

Extracurricular

There is a well equipped Gym, sports common rooms, an ATM, a hygienic canteen are inside the campus of the institute.

Sports week

As part of extracurricular activities, a sports week is organised in January. Competitions in cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, carrom, chess, cyber games, etc. are organised.

Annual festival

Every year the students and administration of GIMT organize a festival cum competition called Euphuism, usually in the last week of January. Sports and cultural events are held during the festival.

The featured cultural events of the festival include the "DJ Nite" and the "Prime Nite" where artists and bands perform to huge audiences. The other events include:

Technical events

  • Archytas - the tech war
  • Cryptex - the Babbage's follower
  • Cyber Mania - the cyber battleground
  • Circuitronics - to design a circuit according to a problem statement

Non-technical events

Games

Games such as Eating Competition, Rangoli Making Competition, Antakshari, Blind Date, Tug of War, Balancing Competition etc. are organized.

Yuva-redefining dreams

GIMT launched a youth awareness campaign during the annual fest EUPHUISM 2010, called Yuva - Redefining Dreams, with the tagline "All we need is Youth and a Dream..." Latest event being held: GIMT Euphuism'14.[4]

Uttaran

GIMT published the first edition of its wall magazine Uttaran in mid-2009. The first edition was bilingual in Assamese and English. From the second edition it was published separately in Assamese and English.

Annual Mazagine

GIMTech

Some persons and faculties of GIMT

  • Bijoyananda Chowdhury - Secretary, SSA,
  • Prof. S.K. Dutta, Principal of GIMT, Guwahati campus,
  • Prof. T.K. Bhattacharjee, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur) Former Principal,
  • Captain (Navy) I. P. Sharma, (Retd.), Dean (Administration),
  • Prof. Abhijit Nath, Professor and HoD, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department,
  • Prof. P.K. Brahma, Professor and Former HoD, Computer Science & Engineering Department and Information Technology Department,
  • Prof. P.K. Bordaloi, Ph.D. (Manchester, UK), Professor and HoD, Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Department,
  • Prof. P.K. Goswami, Ph.D. NTS, Professor and HoD, Electrical Engineering Department,
  • Prof. Pratul Chandra Baruah, Dean Academic (GIMT),
  • Prof. U.N. Misra, Ph.D., Professor and HoD, Mathematics Department,
  • Prof. P.K. Dutta, Ph.D., Professor and HoD, Mechanical Engineering Department(GIMT),
  • Prof. B.C. Bhuyan, Ph.D. (Kurukshetra University), Professor and HoD, Chemistry Department,
  • Prof. M. R. Singha, Professor and HoD, MCA Department.
  • Dr. Buljit Buragohain, Dean (Student Affairs),

Some other faculty are:

  • Dr. B.D. Phukan (guest faculty for Electrical Engineering),
  • Prof. U. Miri (guest faculty for Civil Engineering),
  • Prof. D.K. Barua (guest faculty for Economics),
  • Mr. D.C. Das (Assistant Superintendent, Mechanical Workshop).

Sister institutes

References

  1. 1 2 , About GIMT
  2. ↑ "Affiliated Colleges". astu.ac.in. Assam Science and Technology University. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ↑ , Facilities of GIMT.
  4. ↑ "GIMT Eupheuism 2010". Retrieved 2010-07-17. Recent Euphuism'14 event being organized "GIMT Eupheuism 2014". Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  5. ↑ , GIPS

Coordinates: 26°08′03″N 91°37′13″E / 26.1343°N 91.6203°E / 26.1343; 91.6203

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